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Old 12-30-2017, 04:27 PM
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OUR TV Movie Theaters - WHY?

They are not "OUR" movie theaters, The Morse family owns them. Pretty sure they book the movies in a way that is most profitable for them.

I would like to see at all (or any) of the theaters offer premium seating, where the seats are essentially love seat recliners with a drink tray in the middle. Have seating for maybe 30 people. Make the cost of this seating twice the cost of regular admission. They will still sellout!

Invest in a 4k TV and a nice couch. Your scenario of a 30 seat theater would probably require ticket prices of $150 each due to economics, reduced popcorn revenue etc. Or you could build such a theater yourself and see how it works out financially.

Read the entire story and it makes sense why they do this.

3 Answers - How do theater owners decide whether to show a movie? - Quora


Obviously nobody bothered to read your link, which explains why a capitalist would book films in a particular way at different theaters

Basically the longer the "run" of a movie at a theater, the higher the profit margin goes up for the owner. So putting your movies with longer staying power at smallest theater makes cents.